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Word: ponged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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With over 70 Yardlings enrolled, the Freshman interdormitory Ping-Pong tournament is swinging into its second round Conducted by the P.B.H. Freshman Committee, the tournament will reward the winning dormitory with credit toward the Freshman non-athletic trophy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Plays Ping-Pong | 3/19/1942 | See Source »

Nazis at The White last week followed the routine of guests at any fashionable resort. On the leafy lawns and terraces they sunned themselves, played ping-pong, swam in the heated pool, bought quantities of clothing at shops in the hotel basement. They did not mingle with the other guests, took their meals in lonely splendor in their own section of the big dining room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War, ENEMY ALIENS: Christmas at The White | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

...function of the Committee is to direct such Freshman activities as dances, athletic events, ping-pong, and chess tournaments, photographic contests, lectures on various topics by members of the Faculty, as well as people not connected with the University, and reviews before midyears and final examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THIRTEEN MEN SELECTED FOR UNION COMMITTEE | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...shining as one of our new destroyers. Spare time is not idled away, but is spent in keeping up to date on current innovations in the trade. Sabotage and its detection is a popular subject these days, as well as lectures on fire-fighting in war areas. Ping-pong, pool, pinochle, reading Time and the New Yorker take up only a small portion of the fireman's 70-hour week. Inn line with the modern organization is the system of "group shifts," which allows for a 48-hour leave every six days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 11/7/1941 | See Source »

...Liberty Belles are very serious about their work. Besides dancing with soldiers, the Belles listen sympathetically to their troubles, play cards, ping-pong, or just sit, if that's wanted. The girls are warned against allowing one date to monopolize their evening, against giving out phone numbers carelessly. So well had the brigade done its job that San Antoniannes who wouldn't have spoken to a man in uniform a year ago now look forward to their dates with the Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVILIAN FRONT: The Belles of San Antone | 10/20/1941 | See Source »

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